I use bolt axles on my bikes. Maybe they should turn blue when tight enough?
On Sep 20, 7:45 pm, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > My Atlantis does not have them. I've only had 1 bike with them & it > was a small job with a file to remove them. IMHO, all the fiddling > around with the skewer nut every time the wheel is removed leaves > plenty of room for error in getting the correct tension. I support > tours on occassion and see many riders needing assistance with this > situation. The best skewer levers are the ones marked "open" and > "closed". > > dougP > > On Sep 20, 4:44 pm, James Warren <jimcwar...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > > So it was just on Rom/Reds and QB's, unless I'm wrong and someone has > > another example, but I'm pretty sure that's it. (For some reason, I was > > sensitive to this matter and it caught my attention.) I remember Grant > > talking about it a bit at the time, ideally not wanting them, but for some > > reason it couldn't be avoided, and oh well, they don't ruin the > > bike.-----Original Message----- > > From: Horace > > Sent: Sep 20, 2010 4:38 PM > > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > Subject: Re: [RBW] Does your Rivendell have lawyer lips? > > The regular Roms had them. Rambouillets from the same time period did > > not.On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 4:28 PM, James > > Warren<jimcwar...@earthlink.net>wrote: > > For some reason, the QB's had them and so did the Canti-Roms. I'm not sure > > about the regular Roms and Redwoods. > > I think that outside of those mentioned above, other Rivendells have not > > had that "feature". > > > -----Original Message----- > > >From: William <tapebu...@gmail.com> > > >Sent: Sep 20, 2010 4:11 PM > > >To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > > >Subject: [RBW] Does your Rivendell have lawyer lips? > > > >Neither my Hillborne nor my Bombadil has lawyer lips. My wife's Yves > > >Gomez.....I forget. I'll check. I noticed in the youtube video on > > >how to install the Nitto Big Front rack that it look like that Big > > >Bomba with the winged fork tips does have lawyer lips. Does yours? > > >Do you care one way or the other? > > > >On one hand I'm glad that my Hillborne doesn't have them, because I > > >take the front wheel off really often to put it on the roof rack. On > > >the other hand, I'm nervous that my Hillborne doesn't have them, > > >because I'm afraid that the roof rack QR skewer won't hold the bike > > >tightly enough. What a dilemma! > > > >-- > > >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > >"RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > >To post to this group, send email torbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > >To unsubscribe from this group, send email > > >torbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > >For more options, visit this group > > >athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email torbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email > > torbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
